China News Service, August 5, reported that the allegations of sexual assault by the Governor of New York State, Cuomo, are gradually fermenting.

After the state attorney general released an investigation report, the prosecutors in the four places proposed to investigate whether Cuomo was involved in crimes in the local area.

At the same time, the New York State Assembly is conducting an impeachment investigation against Cuomo, and the public is also calling for his resignation.

Data map: New York Governor Cuomo.

Accuse of fermentation

Prosecutors in four places investigate whether Cuomo is involved in crime

　　Following the New York’s Albany County Attorney’s announcement that it opened a criminal investigation into New York Governor Cuomo’s allegations of sexual harassment, on August 4, local time, the District Attorneys in Manhattan, Westchester County, and Nassau County also filed a complaint with the State of New York. Attorney General Zhan Lexia asked for evidence in the investigation report on sexual harassment in Cuomo.

　　Westchester County District Attorney Roca said in a letter to Zhan Lexia that she planned to investigate whether allegations of sexual misconduct in Cuomo were "criminal in nature."

　　A spokesperson for Manhattan Attorney Vance also stated on the 4th: “When our office learned that the attorney general’s investigation into the governor’s conduct had been completed the day before, our office contacted the attorney general’s office and began asking them to provide information about what happened. Investigation materials on the Manhattan incident."

　　Nassau County’s Acting District Attorney Smith also issued a statement stating that he was reviewing the deeply disturbing findings of the attorney general’s report on allegations of sexual harassment in Como.

　　Smith said: "We have asked the Attorney General to provide relevant records of any incidents that occurred in Nassau County, and will thoroughly and promptly investigate any potential criminal acts."

　　Zhan Lexia announced on the 3rd the results of a months-long investigation, saying that Cuomo had sexually harassed at least 11 women, violating federal and state laws.

　　On the same day, Albany County District Attorney David Suarez has announced that, in light of the allegations in the report, his office will launch its own criminal investigation against Cuomo.

　　However, Cuomo denied improper contact with anyone or any improper sexual provocation.

He responded, "The facts are very different from what (report) portrays."

Facing impeachment investigation

Or the first governor of New York to be ousted from office in hundreds of years

　　After the New York State Attorney General’s Office issued a report on Cumo’s sexual harassment, the Democrats who control the New York State House of Representatives accelerated their impeachment investigation.

　　The lawmakers said that the State House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, which is conducting an impeachment investigation, plans to meet on the 9th to combine the report with the evidence it has collected.

The lawmakers also said that after Zhan Lexia published the 165-page report, the Democratic Party lawmakers immediately held a remote meeting.

　　According to the report, during the three-hour conversation, the Democrats agreed that Cuomo is no longer suitable to continue as governor.

Several congressmen who had not asked Cuomo to step down also publicly called on him to step down, including the Democrat from the Bronx and Speaker of the House of Representatives Histi.

　　Histi said in a statement: "In my opinion, it is very clear that the governor has lost the trust of the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives and that he can no longer hold office." He also said that the impeachment investigation will end as soon as possible. .

　　The 150-seat House of Representatives needs to vote on the terms of impeachment.

According to the New York State Constitution, if the relevant bill is passed, Cuomo will be deprived of his power before the start of the impeachment trial.

The impeachment trial will be conducted before members of the New York State Senate and the Supreme Judge.

　　More than 50 Republican and Democratic state senators have said that Cuomo should resign.

A Senate official stated that if the House of Representatives passes the impeachment clause, there will be enough votes to convict him.

　　According to the law, an impeachment case requires two-thirds of the votes to be convicted, which will prompt the governor to step down.

The Wall Street Journal pointed out that since 1913, no governor of New York has been successfully removed.

　　At the same time, the State House of Representatives is also investigating the New York State nursing home's response to the epidemic-including whether to conceal the death data related to the new crown, and whether Cuomo had used state resources when writing the new crown memoir.

　　On the other hand, after the results of the survey were announced, 63% of New York voters believed that Cuomo should submit his resignation.